syria, we heard this week, from chuck hagel, the new pentagon, that the u.s. directly arming some of the rebels in syria was something they were considering. it made quite the news at the time because we know the president had rejected the advice of some of his advisers who had said, we need to do this some time ago. the white house has said, look, it's always been on the table. then you take these overnight bombings, presumably from israel, trying to cut off weapon supply to hezbollah. you just get this sense of this tinder box, and the question is what does the u.s. do next? >> the pictures are incredible. candy crowley, thank you so much. we'll be watching. stay here with state of the union with candy crowley. it starts at the top of the hour, 9:00 a.m. eastern, 6:00 a.m. pacific on cnn. >>> apparently, dark secrets are coming out in michael jackson's death trial. my next guest says all those details could backfire for the defense. you're going to hear from attorney tom mesereau, who's going to testify on behalf of the jacksons. ♪ [ male announcer ] the f